Abnormally dry ranking spreading across swath of Kansas

Thursday

Moisture coming through Friday could be a blessing across areas of Kansas. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows conditions worsening - including in the central swath of the state.

According to the Drought Monitor, the abnormally dry ranking expanded across central to eastern Kansas to reflect the meteorological dryness of the past three weeks (low humidity, high winds and limited precipitation) to 90 days (below-normal precipitation) and developing hydrological/agricultural impacts (stock ponds are losing ground and winter wheat is beginning to be negatively affected.

In Oklahoma, the moderate drought ranking expanded in the northwest and severe and exceptional rankings in the southwest to reflect continued dryness and low soil moisture.

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